Nicholls vs. Murray State at Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Ala., 10 a.m.

Nicholls vs. UAB at Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Ala., 2:30 p.m.

MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS

Nicholls at Alabama State, 10 a.m.

UPCOMING AREA EVENTS

Today. The Thibodaux Express AAU boys basketball program is seeking head coaches and assistant coaches for the 2013 AAU basketball season. Experience is not necessary, but enthusiasm and dedication are required. If interested, call Brian Rhodes at 438-0953.

Today. The Terrebonne Parish Sportsman’s League has a variety of events upcoming. The League will host a general membership meeting on March 12 at the East Park Recreation Center at 8533 E. Park Ave. in Houma. There will also be a children’s rodeo at the Point-Aux-Chenes Marina on May 4 and a crawfish boil for members on May 14 at the East Park Recreation Center. For more information, contact Sportsman’s League vice president Jason Magee at 688-3405 or secretary Troy Bonvillain at 804-7504.

Today. The Louisiana Magic girls softball travel organization is looking for a couple 11-12-year-old players to fill out its roster for the upcoming spring/summer season. The players cannot have turned 13 after Jan. 1. For information, contact Deanna Cunningham at 209-7789.

Today. The Cajun Youth Athletic Association is holding registration for its Cal Ripken (9-12 by May 1) and Babe Ruth (13-15 by May 1) local spring/summer baseball season in Houma. The cost is $50 for the Cal Ripken league per season and $60 for the Babe Ruth league per season. For information, contact president Roy Himel at 791-9803, secretary Tracy Bourg at 232-3329, Cal Ripken director Shawn Chaisson at 637-4727 or Babe Ruth director Aaron Dazee at 709-3131.

Today-Sunday. The Bayou Bandits Volleyball Club will be hosting the 2013 Bayou Bandits Spring Swing on today and Sunday at Central Lafourche High in Mathews and H.L. Bourgeois High in Gray. The tournament will have 65 teams competing ranging in ages from 10U to 18U. The 10U and 13U teams will play on Saturday at Central Lafourche, and the 12U and 14U teams will play on today at H.L. Bourgeois. The 15U, 16U, 17U and 18U teams will play on Sunday at H.L. Bourgeois.

Spectators are welcome, and general admission is $5.

Today-Wednesday. The 8-year-old Boys Biddy Basketball World Tournament is returning to Thibodaux with games scheduled for today-Wednesday at the Thibodaux Civic Center. The tournament will features 16 teams, all from Louisiana for the first time in its history. The teams are scheduled to arrive on Friday. The tournament is sponsored by the Norman Swanner “Big Boy” Fund, Inc., Bubba’s II Po-boys and Bubba’s II Restaurant and Sports Bar.

March 9. The Louisiana Naturals Baseball Team (9-and-10-year-olds) will host a four-man scramble golf tournament at 8 a.m. March 9 at La Tour Country Club in Lockport. The cost is $500 a team, which includes a golf pack, the round of golf with a cart, door prizes, food and drinks and entries into the long drive and closest to the pin contests. Hole sponsorships are available. For information, contact Shawn Olivier at 985-278-1637 or Josh Fabre at 985-665-6090.

March 15. The 26th Annual LSU Fighting Tigers Celebrity Golf Tournament will be held March 15 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The tournament, sponsored by the Bayou Bengal Booster Club Inc., will be an 18-hole, five-man team scramble (four amateur golfers with either an LSU coach, past athlete or celebrity). It begins with shotgun start tee times at 7:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. The cost is $850 per team or $210 per player. Also a mulligan has been added to the entry fee, which includes golf cart, green fees, lunch, beer and soft drinks. The deadline to enter is March 7. Prizes will be awarded to the low net and low gross scores for both tee times. Prizes will also be awarded to closest to the hole on Nos. 4, 8, 13 and 17, longest drive on No. 16, straightest drive on No. 2 and hole in one. For information, call Eddie Pullaro at 868-3500 or Darryl Brue at 852-1625.

March 15-16. The Gridiron Alumni returns to the area to host two alumni football games.

The first alumni game is South Terrebonne vs. Ellender at Thibodaux High at 6 p.m. March 15. The second game is South Lafourche at Central Lafourche at 6 p.m. March 16. Gates open at 5 p.m. each day. Both games are tiebreakers as each team has a victory over the other since Gridiron Alumni began hosting games in the area. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with an ID. Children 5 and under get in free. A portion of the proceeds go to the host schools and since 2010, $150,000 has been raised for charities through Gridiron Alumni football. Player spots are still open and any interested can go to www.gridironalumni.com to register. Anyone looking for more information can go to the website or contact Chris Hall at 530-410-6396.

March 18. Vandebilt Catholic will host its 2013 Terrier Club Golf Classic at Ellendale Country Club in Houma on March 18. The golf classic, which will be a 18-hole, four-man team scramble tournament, will have its shotgun starts at 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 18. The entry fee is $540 per team, which includes golf cart, green fees, mulligans, prizes and lunch and drinks on the course. The tournament will also have closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive contests. There are closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive contests. There will also be low gross/blind bogey prizes for both flights. For information, contact Vandebilt athletic director Laury Dupont at 413-0968 or visit www.vandebiltcatholic.org.

March 22. The Thibodaux High School boys and girls soccer programs will be raising money through a shrimp boil on March 22 at the school’s stadium. Lunch (beginning at 11 a.m.) and dinner plates are available for $10 each, and lunch deliveries, designed to be sent to local businesses, will be available on orders of 10 or more plates. To place orders, call Thibodaux High at 985-447-4071.

March 23. The 21st Annual Eric T. Andolsek Memorial Bass Tournament will be held on March 23 at Bob’s Bayou Black Marina in Gibson. The tournament is presented by the Golden Tigers Club and the Eric Andolsek Charitable Fund. For information, call Reggie at 225-265-7766, Andy at 447-3826 or Ruffin at 447-7042.

March 23. Professional boxers and Houma native Morgan “Big Chief” Fitch will be returning home for a professional fight on March 23 at the Evergreen Cajun Center in Gray. In Ya Face Fight Productions will present the fight card “Revenge of the Titans.” The doors are scheduled to open at 6 p.m. with the show scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, $50 and $100 and can be purchased at 227-0070.

June 10. The H.L. Bourgeois High School Third Annual “Renewing the Reservation” Golf Tournament will be June 10 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The four-person scramble costs $400 per team. There are morning (7:30 a.m.) and afternoon (1 p.m.) flights. For more information, call 804-1260 or email: hlbboosterclub@yahoo.com.

<p class="bold allcaps">TODAY</p>
<p>BIDDY BASKETBALL</p><p>8-year-old Boys Biddy Basketball World Tournament at the Thibodaux Civic Center.</p><p>HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL</p><p>South Lafourche at Ponchatoula Tournament.</p><p>Assumption, Central Lafourche, E.D. White Catholic, H.L. Bourgeois, Thibodaux, South Terrebonne and Vandebilt Catholic at Vandebilt-E.D. White Classic.</p><p>Ellender at Berwick Tournament.</p><p>Terrebonne at Breaux Bridge Tournament.</p><p>Houma Christian at Hanson Memorial Tournament.</p><p>HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL</p><p>Assumption, E.D. White Catholic, Thibodaux and H.L. Bourgeois at Assumption Lady Mustangs Classic.</p><p>Central Lafourche, St. James, South Terrebonne, Terrebonne and Ellender at St. Amant Tournament.</p><p>Covenant Christian Academy at Patterson Tournament.</p><p>South Lafourche at John Ehret Tournament.</p><p>MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL</p><p>LSU at Missouri, 3 p.m. (TV: SECN; Radio: 96.7-FM)</p><p>Nicholls at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7:30 p.m. (Radio: 100.3-FM, 1600-AM)</p><p>WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL</p><p>Nicholls at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 5 p.m. (Radio: 91.5-FM)</p><p>COLLEGE BASEBALL</p><p>Nicholls vs. Brown at Baton Rouge, 2 p.m. (Radio: 640-AM)</p><p>Brown at LSU, 6:30 p.m. (Radio: 96.7-FM)</p><p>COLLEGE SOFTBALL</p><p>Nicholls vs. Murray State at Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Ala., 10 a.m.</p><p>MEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS</p><p>Nicholls at Troy, 10 a.m.</p><h3>SUNDAY</h3>
<p>BIDDY BASKETBALL</p><p>8-year-old Boys Biddy Basketball World Tournament at the Thibodaux Civic Center.</p><p>WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL</p><p>LSU at Texas A&M, 1 p.m. (TV: SECN)</p><p>COLLEGE BASEBALL</p><p>Nicholls vs. Brown at Baton Rouge, 11 a.m. (Radio: 640-AM)</p><p>Nicholls at LSU, 3 p.m. (Radio: 96.7-FM, 640-AM)</p><p>COLLEGE SOFTBALL</p><p>Nicholls vs. Murray State at Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Ala., 10 a.m.</p><p>Nicholls vs. UAB at Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Ala., 2:30 p.m.</p><p>MEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS</p><p>Nicholls at Alabama State, 10 a.m.</p><h3>UPCOMING AREA EVENTS</h3>
<p>Today. The Thibodaux Express AAU boys basketball program is seeking head coaches and assistant coaches for the 2013 AAU basketball season. Experience is not necessary, but enthusiasm and dedication are required. If interested, call Brian Rhodes at 438-0953.</p><p>Today. The Terrebonne Parish Sportsman's League has a variety of events upcoming. The League will host a general membership meeting on March 12 at the East Park Recreation Center at 8533 E. Park Ave. in Houma. There will also be a children's rodeo at the Point-Aux-Chenes Marina on May 4 and a crawfish boil for members on May 14 at the East Park Recreation Center. For more information, contact Sportsman's League vice president Jason Magee at 688-3405 or secretary Troy Bonvillain at 804-7504. </p><p>Today. The Louisiana Magic girls softball travel organization is looking for a couple 11-12-year-old players to fill out its roster for the upcoming spring/summer season. The players cannot have turned 13 after Jan. 1. For information, contact Deanna Cunningham at 209-7789.</p><p>Today. The Cajun Youth Athletic Association is holding registration for its Cal Ripken (9-12 by May 1) and Babe Ruth (13-15 by May 1) local spring/summer baseball season in Houma. The cost is $50 for the Cal Ripken league per season and $60 for the Babe Ruth league per season. For information, contact president Roy Himel at 791-9803, secretary Tracy Bourg at 232-3329, Cal Ripken director Shawn Chaisson at 637-4727 or Babe Ruth director Aaron Dazee at 709-3131. </p><p>Today-Sunday. The Bayou Bandits Volleyball Club will be hosting the 2013 Bayou Bandits Spring Swing on today and Sunday at Central Lafourche High in Mathews and H.L. Bourgeois High in Gray. The tournament will have 65 teams competing ranging in ages from 10U to 18U. The 10U and 13U teams will play on Saturday at Central Lafourche, and the 12U and 14U teams will play on today at H.L. Bourgeois. The 15U, 16U, 17U and 18U teams will play on Sunday at H.L. Bourgeois.</p><p>Spectators are welcome, and general admission is $5.</p><p>Today-Wednesday. The 8-year-old Boys Biddy Basketball World Tournament is returning to Thibodaux with games scheduled for today-Wednesday at the Thibodaux Civic Center. The tournament will features 16 teams, all from Louisiana for the first time in its history. The teams are scheduled to arrive on Friday. The tournament is sponsored by the Norman Swanner “Big Boy” Fund, Inc., Bubba's II Po-boys and Bubba's II Restaurant and Sports Bar.</p><p>March 9. The Louisiana Naturals Baseball Team (9-and-10-year-olds) will host a four-man scramble golf tournament at 8 a.m. March 9 at La Tour Country Club in Lockport. The cost is $500 a team, which includes a golf pack, the round of golf with a cart, door prizes, food and drinks and entries into the long drive and closest to the pin contests. Hole sponsorships are available. For information, contact Shawn Olivier at 985-278-1637 or Josh Fabre at 985-665-6090.</p><p>March 15. The 26th Annual LSU Fighting Tigers Celebrity Golf Tournament will be held March 15 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The tournament, sponsored by the Bayou Bengal Booster Club Inc., will be an 18-hole, five-man team scramble (four amateur golfers with either an LSU coach, past athlete or celebrity). It begins with shotgun start tee times at 7:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. The cost is $850 per team or $210 per player. Also a mulligan has been added to the entry fee, which includes golf cart, green fees, lunch, beer and soft drinks. The deadline to enter is March 7. Prizes will be awarded to the low net and low gross scores for both tee times. Prizes will also be awarded to closest to the hole on Nos. 4, 8, 13 and 17, longest drive on No. 16, straightest drive on No. 2 and hole in one. For information, call Eddie Pullaro at 868-3500 or Darryl Brue at 852-1625.</p><p>March 15-16. The Gridiron Alumni returns to the area to host two alumni football games.</p><p>The first alumni game is South Terrebonne vs. Ellender at Thibodaux High at 6 p.m. March 15. The second game is South Lafourche at Central Lafourche at 6 p.m. March 16. Gates open at 5 p.m. each day. Both games are tiebreakers as each team has a victory over the other since Gridiron Alumni began hosting games in the area. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with an ID. Children 5 and under get in free. A portion of the proceeds go to the host schools and since 2010, $150,000 has been raised for charities through Gridiron Alumni football. Player spots are still open and any interested can go to www.gridironalumni.com to register. Anyone looking for more information can go to the website or contact Chris Hall at 530-410-6396.</p><p>March 18. Vandebilt Catholic will host its 2013 Terrier Club Golf Classic at Ellendale Country Club in Houma on March 18. The golf classic, which will be a 18-hole, four-man team scramble tournament, will have its shotgun starts at 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 18. The entry fee is $540 per team, which includes golf cart, green fees, mulligans, prizes and lunch and drinks on the course. The tournament will also have closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive contests. There are closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive contests. There will also be low gross/blind bogey prizes for both flights. For information, contact Vandebilt athletic director Laury Dupont at 413-0968 or visit www.vandebiltcatholic.org.</p><p>March 22. The Thibodaux High School boys and girls soccer programs will be raising money through a shrimp boil on March 22 at the school's stadium. Lunch (beginning at 11 a.m.) and dinner plates are available for $10 each, and lunch deliveries, designed to be sent to local businesses, will be available on orders of 10 or more plates. To place orders, call Thibodaux High at 985-447-4071.</p><p>March 23. The 21st Annual Eric T. Andolsek Memorial Bass Tournament will be held on March 23 at Bob's Bayou Black Marina in Gibson. The tournament is presented by the Golden Tigers Club and the Eric Andolsek Charitable Fund. For information, call Reggie at 225-265-7766, Andy at 447-3826 or Ruffin at 447-7042.</p><p>March 23. Professional boxers and Houma native Morgan “Big Chief” Fitch will be returning home for a professional fight on March 23 at the Evergreen Cajun Center in Gray. In Ya Face Fight Productions will present the fight card “Revenge of the Titans.” The doors are scheduled to open at 6 p.m. with the show scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, $50 and $100 and can be purchased at 227-0070.</p><p>June 10. The H.L. Bourgeois High School Third Annual “Renewing the Reservation” Golf Tournament will be June 10 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The four-person scramble costs $400 per team. There are morning (7:30 a.m.) and afternoon (1 p.m.) flights. For more information, call 804-1260 or email: hlbboosterclub@yahoo.com.</p>